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roger

because i spit hot fire

About Me

i guess i'm a teacher. i feel young in the classroom and old at the bar.you might ask: "does roger wear that hat all the time?" that's a valid question. it is. i try to have it on as much as possible because i can't rock it when i lecture. that's when you'll see the mullet.oh. i don't like seafood. some have questioned my "asian-ness" because of it. then, i'm forced to retort: "the next time you question my 'asian-ness' i'll hit you dead between your eyes with my nun-chucks." that's how i roll.

My Interests

bboyin'/bgirlin'. national parks. water. i like food. the oakland athletics. social justice. empowerment models. spitting hot fire. dialectical tensions. the sparechange uncollective. the hyphy diving team (video soon).

I'd like to meet:

uh. i guess people who are kinda awesome. teachers. dancers. oakland a's fans. water enthusiasts. people from past lives. folks who want to get their camp on. people with heart. anybody trying to go to cambodia this winter? anti-imperialists.

Music:

brother ali. rhymesayers. little brother. doom. hiero. quannum. goaplele. breaks. funk. aaron neville. blue scholars. atlantic star. hi-five. new edition. troop. rakim. epmd. the game. foreign exchange. stevie b. stevie wonder. prince. michael. zion i. talib. nina.

Movies:

beat street. city of god. the revolution will not be televised. honey. austin powers. saving face. style wars. freshest kids. RIZE. white chicks.

Television:

oakland a's on kicu. america's next top model reruns.

Books:

can't stop won't stop: a history of the hip-hop generation. come hell or highwater. pedagogy of the oppressed. the possessive investment in whiteness. discipline and punish.

Heroes:

yuri kochiyama. the youth. paolo freire. malcolm x. the panthers.